After the parasite army retreated to [Black Fire City], it was divided into three groups of operations.
One group was all parasitic ants, and they were stationed on the spot. Later, the flying knight discovered that a large number of parasitic ants were "farming" in the local area, foraging and hunting just like a normal ant race. If you hadn't looked at the mycelium on this ant's body, you would have thought it was the territory of some mixed ant tribe.
The second group was mainly composed of parasitic beasts, and there were also some parasitic ants. They arrived eastward and settled on the bank of Qinghe River. Then most of the parasitic beasts dispersed to eat, while the parasitic ants chose places to build nests and forage for food.
The last group, which was mainly composed of parasitic ants and a certain number of parasitic beasts, kept heading north and soon left the flying knight's detection range and disappeared.
The behavior of these parasitic creatures is completely different from when they launched a rampant attack on the Black Creek front. They are actually full of life at this time.
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The military meeting of the civilized ant alliance studied the latest trends of the parasites. King "Black Carbon" was very anxious. The actions of the parasites clearly indicated that the parasites had entered the ant nest - they wanted to occupy the magpie's nest.
[Black Fire City] is the old main nest of the Black Fire Ant Country. It has very rich coal resources. The Black Fire Ant Country dreams of taking back this place.
In the trade with the Ant Alliance, coal is the largest export material of the Black Fire Ant Country, earning them a huge amount of supplies. The coal mines in the [Black Fire City] area are the best in terms of reserves, quality and mining difficulty. of.
However, the parasitic ants seemed to be preparing to occupy this place for a long time, which made him not anxious.
It was only after seeing the information that Zhu Jue remembered that parasitic ants were not mobile creatures that migrated after eating up an area like locusts crossing the border. In the southern hills of his hometown, he had also seen parasitic ants building nests and foraging like ordinary ants. to eat and reproduce.
It had been a long time since Zhu Jue had encountered a parasitic ant, and he had almost forgotten about it.
During the Battle of Black Creek, Zhu Jue had been curious about where the supplies for the parasites came from. Apart from foraging in a small area around the camp, he had never seen supplies for the parasites, which was obviously not enough to supply the needs of the army.
Now it seems that parasitic organisms do not need logistics. Maybe they have enough food and drink during the flood season and carry certain supplies. They may even use old and weak companions and corpses as food reserves to support themselves in the dark. Fight on the front line.
Supplies are running out, and these parasitic organisms also need to obtain food. Whether they are the parasitic ants "farming" in [Black Fire City] or the parasitic organisms scattered and eating on the banks of the Qinghe River, they are all looking for food. This proves that Zhu Jue's guess.
In the past few days, Zhu Jue was still trying to find the location of "Gun" and sent envoys to contact him, but found nothing.
The calls within the civilized ant alliance for the Northern Expedition as soon as possible are getting louder and louder. Zhu Jue wants to suppress it more and more hard, so he can only postpone the construction of the pontoon bridge on the excuse of insufficient supplies.
On the other hand, he also asked the Leafcutter Ant Nation to provide arrears of food, claiming that otherwise the Northern Expedition would not be possible.
Before the war, the Leafcutter Ant Nation had promised to supply a large amount of food to the Civilized Ant Alliance on a proportional basis, but whether it was because they regretted it or for other reasons, the Leafcutter Ant Nation said a while ago that it was unable to transfer a large amount of food to the Black Creek front line.
Even if the Ant United Nations mobilized its own forces to assist them in transportation, transporting them to the front lines via rope bridges and canals, the food delivered by the Leaf Cutter Ant Nation was still far from the amount previously agreed upon.
The war was urgent before, and Zhu Jue had no time to take care of it. He relied on the supplies shipped by the Ant Alliance on the south bank of the Qinghe River to survive. Now that the war has come to an end, Zhu Jue naturally has to settle the score.
At the same time, he took the opportunity to pass the responsibility to the Leafcutter Ant Nation, saying that due to food supply issues, the army's current reserves were insufficient to support the Northern Expedition, and asked all tribes to urge the Leafcutter Ant Nation to deliver the arrears of military rations.
The black fire ant country is the most active in this regard, and the "black charcoal" king even had an unpleasant quarrel with the queen commanders of the leafcutter ant country over this. The commanders of other tribes were not so concerned. They joined the war to fulfill their obligations as allies, and they had done their best by fighting on the Black Creek line of defense for many months. In terms of the Northern Expedition, the Bullet Ants and the Marching Ants were more active, and the others All ethnic groups follow the crowd and do whatever they can.
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Just when the coalition of civilized ant tribes stood still due to various internal problems, the first one to become unsettled was not the black fire ant country, but the leafcutter ant country.
Previously, the leafcutter ant country's queen ant meeting had discussed the motion proposed by the Ant Alliance and the Black Fire Ant Nation to deliver arrears of military rations as soon as possible. Although they did not reject it directly, they still delayed in not giving it.
From the perspective of the Leafcutter Ant Nation, the proportion of military rations previously promised to supply the civilized ant coalition forces is too high. (Of course, the ant coalition bears more. The third is the black fire ant nation. Other countries rarely provide supplies. ). At this time, the Battle of Black Creek was over, the threat to the Black Fire Ant Country had been greatly reduced, and the fallen ants had also retreated. There was no need to provide such a huge amount of food.
Moreover, the Northern Expedition is the need of the Black Fire Ant Nation, and the Leafcutter Ant Nation has no need for it. The Black Fire Ant Nation has had conflicts with the Leafcutter Ant Nation in history. There are discords between the two sides, and the Leafcutter Ant Nation does not want it. Seeing the Black Fire Ant Nation regaining its national strength.
Just when several parties were arguing and playing into Zhu Jue's hands, an unexpected situation broke the calm and disrupted the deployment of various countries and races, making the Leafcutter Ant Nation suddenly become anxious.
In early September, the leaf-cutter ant kingdom surprisingly discovered dozens of parasitic organisms moving in their territory on the banks of the Qinghe River!
The initial discovery site was a river bank, and across the river was where the second wave of parasitic organisms was stationed. Although Zhu Jue had previously issued an early warning to the leaf-cutter ant nation, but across the Qinghe River moat and without incident for a long time, the leaf-cutter ant nation had ignored the risk in this regard - the spread of parasitic organisms across the river!
What shocked the leaf-cutting ant nation was that among the parasites discovered, in addition to a few parasitic water bugs that could swim, there were also some parasitic beasts that were obviously unable to fly or swim, and even a small number of parasitic leaf-cutting ants!
This shows that the parasitic fungus has begun to spread in the leaf-cutter ant country! The frightened leafcutter ant nation mobilized nearby troops and quickly eliminated this small group of parasitic organisms. After another sweep, it was discovered that there were infected people hiding in several nearby tree nests and underground nests. The total number of infected creatures totaled more than 200.
There may even be many hidden sources of infection in dense woods!
For a moment, the leaf-cutter ants were buzzing with insects, and the ants were panicking. The queen ants and female ants in charge did not know whether or how many parasitic bacteria were lurking in the territory.
Especially when the flying knights of the leaf-cutter ant kingdom finally discovered a smuggling route for parasitic bacteria under the moonlight that had just set at night, their panic reached its peak!
